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What Matters Most On Monday, June 16, 2025

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Israeli air defense systems are activated to intercept Iranian missiles over Haifa on June 16, 2025. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

Live updates (closed)

June 16: Sirens sound across country after IRGC vows to strike Israel ‘without interruption’

By ToI Staff, Jacob Magid and Joshua Davidovich

No impacts, injuries reported * Trump says everyone should ‘immediately evacuate Tehran!’ * Netanyahu: Israel won’t rule out killing Khamenei * IDF bombs Iran state broadcaster

10:33 pm

Iranian FM tells European counterparts Israeli strikes 'deal a blow' to diplomacy
10:23 pm

European FMs urge Iran to return to diplomacy, avoid escalation
10:07 pm

Police detain photographers who planned to livestream missile attack on Haifa port

Iranian ballistic missile launchers are targeted in Israeli airstrikes, in footage released by the IDF on June 16, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF says a third of Iran’s missile launchers destroyed, urges parts of Tehran to evacuate

By Emanuel Fabian

Military says Iranians unable to fire the large number of rockets they want to, claims full aerial superiority over capital; multiple sites in Israel hit overnight

An Iranian refueling plane is seen on fire at Mashhad Airport in northeast Iran following an Israeli strike on June 15, 2025. (Social media: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Israel kills Iranian intel chiefs, strikes deep inside Iran, opens ‘air corridor to Tehran’

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Israelis at scene where a ballistic missile fired from Iran hit and caused damage in Tel Aviv, June 16, 2025. (Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing June 16: Day 619 – Will Israeli strikes push Iran to end its nuclear program?

By Jessica Steinberg and David Horovitz

Responders inspect a damaged building following a strike by an Iranian missile in Petah Tikva, east of Tel Aviv, on June 16, 2025 (Jack GUEZ / AFP)

IDF: Iran fired some 350 ballistic missiles since Friday

8 killed, nearly 300 injured as Iranian ballistic missiles strike central Israel, Haifa

By Emanuel Fabian

4 killed in Petah Tikva, 3 in Haifa, 1 in Bnei Brak; US embassy branch in Tel Aviv lightly damaged; Katz says ‘Tehran residents will pay the price,’ then clarifies civilians won’t be physically harmed

The scene of an apartment building destroyed by an Iranian ballistic missile impact, in Bat Yam, June 15, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Ukraine says 5 nationals among 9 killed in Saturday’s Iranian missile strike on Bat Yam

Flames erupt after an Iranian missile attack in Haifa, northern Israel, June 15, 2025. (Magen David Adom)

Iranian missile barrage sparks fires in Haifa, Kiryat Gat; eight people hurt

By Emanuel Fabian and Nurit Yohanan

Promoted CampaignYad Ezra v'Shulamit

Israeli families under fire need urgent help

Yad Ezra V’Shulamit is delivering ready-made food. Help us reach every shelter. Please donate now >

Reporter's notebook

From shelters to shattered streets: The night war came to Petah Tikva and Bnei Brak

Residents of central Israel’s secular and haredi cities grapple with the Iranian missile barrage’s bloody wake that left five dead, hundreds injured with wounds physical and emotional

Israeli teams work to assess the damage and clear the rubble in Bnei Brak after a local school suffered a direct missile strike by Iran, June 16, 2025. (Stav Levaton/Times of Israel)

Rehovot resident Deborah Fait after her home was damaged by an Iranian missile fired on June 15, 2025. (Courtesy)

‘I tried to go to the living room, but it wasn’t there anymore’: A near miss in Rehovot

By Rossella Tercatin

Israeli security and rescue forces at the scene where a ballistic missile from Iran hit a building in Rehovot, June 15, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

ExplainerNews you can use: Five practical points about the Israel-Iran war

By Rossella Tercatin and ToI Staff

The scene where a ballistic missile fired from Iran hit and caused damage in Tel Aviv, June 16, 2025. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)

Reporter's notebookDevastation at the ALEH rehabilitative campus in Bnei Brak

Tel Aviv residents left homeless after Iranian missiles cause massive destruction

By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff

Explosions also tear through Petah Tikva, Bnei Brak and Haifa, destroying buildings and shattering lives

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in the capital Tehran, June 13, 2025. Above him is a portrait of his late predecessor Ruhollah Khomeini. (KHAMENEI.IR / AFP)

Trump said to veto Khamenei assassination; Netanyahu: Conflict may result in regime change

By Lazar Berman, Nava Freiberg, Agencies and ToI Staff

Israel denies series of reports that US president opposed Israel killing Iran’s supreme leader in early Friday’s opening strikes; PM insists Iran nuclear program must be dismantled

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tours the scene of a deadly Iranian missile strike in the city of Bat Yam on June 15, 2025. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)

Netanyahu, at site of deadly Bat Yam missile strike, vows Iran to pay ‘very heavy price’

By Nava Freiberg and Sam Sokol

Iranian top officials attend a memorial at the parliament in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, May 21, 2025, for the late President Ebrahim Raisi and several officials, who were killed in a helicopter crash in the country's northwest last year. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran says parliament preparing bill to leave nuclear non-proliferation treaty

By Reuters and ToI Staff

US President Donald Trump speaks at the White House in Washington on June 12, 2025. (Saul Loeb/AFP)

Trump says ‘it’s possible’ US will get involved in Iran-Israel conflict, while urging deal

By Lazar Berman and Agencies

US president claims strikes ‘may have forced a deal to go quicker,’ later says Israel, Iran may have to ‘fight it out’; adds Putin prepared to mediate between warring countries

A plume of heavy smoke and fire rise over an oil refinery in southern Tehran, after it was hit in an overnight Israeli strike, on June 15, 2025. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)

ExplainerA look at Iran’s oil and gas facilities, including those targeted by Israel

from the blogs

No shelter, no excuse: A plea for Arab citizens’ safety

Nearly half the country’s Arab residents have no access to a protected space and emergency communications are sorely lacking

Analysis

As Israel takes fight to Iran, where are Tehran’s terror proxies in its hour of need?

Tehran developed a regional terror network to insulate itself from war, but now that it’s under attack, Hezbollah and others are either too weak or too cowed to join the battle

An Iranian flag lies on the ground at the entrance of the Iranian embassy, which was damaged by opposition fighters in Damascus, Syria, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP/Hussein Malla)

Fictitious exchange between an Iranian agent and potential Israeli recruit, shown in an Israel Police video warning civilians against partaking in Iranian espionage schemes, shared on February 27, 2025. (Screenshot/Israel Police)

Two Israelis arrested on suspicion of spying for Iran amid open war

By Charlie Summers

A couple on the beach in Tel Aviv, the night after the first barrages of retiliatory strikes from Iran, June 14, 2025. (Eli Katzoff)

ToI original video

Tel Aviv under waves of missiles

When the streets of the city that never sleeps are at a standstill, the beach will always draw diehard fans

Khamenei’s last war

Tehran faces internal decay, strategic isolation, and an uncertain future as this era of leadership nears its turbulent end

She never stopped telling her story: Berthe Badehi

As one of the last living witnesses of the Holocaust in France, her life defied despair

IDF reiterates safe rooms still best option against Iran’s missiles, despite 2 fatalities

By Emanuel Fabian

Home Front Command finds those in reinforced rooms above and below direct impact site in Petah Tikva high-rise were unharmed, notes that reinforced spaces have saved many lives

Responders inspect a damaged building following a strike by an Iranian missile in Petah Tikva on June 16, 2025. (Jack GUEZ / AFP)

Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, stands empty after Israel closed its airspace due to the outbreak of war with Iran, June 13, 2025. (Roy Alima/Flash90)

150,000 Israelis stranded abroad; airline heads warn government rescue plan falls short

By Sharon Wrobel and ToI Staff

Outbound travel to remain banned in apparent effort to prevent crowds at Ben Gurion Airport, already a target; flights to Israel not expected to begin before Thursday at earliest

An attendee walks past the closed Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) Israeli Pavillon during the 55th edition of the International Paris Air Show at the Paris Le Bourget Airport, on June 16, 2025. France on June 16, 2025, blocked access to the stands of five Israeli arms manufacturers at the Paris Air show for displaying "offensive weapons", according to a French government source. (ALAIN JOCARD / AFP)

Paris Air Show closes off pavilions of Israeli companies displaying ‘offensive weapons’

By Stav Levaton, Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Defense Ministry slams ‘ugly and improper’ move, which comes after France tried to ban Israeli firms from an arms fair last year

Pedestrians on Dizengoff Street in North Tel Aviv, June 15, 2025. (Ariela Karmel)

Reporter's notebook'These are the same politicians that have led war in Gaza'

When Tel Aviv grit meets Iranian missiles: A city’s calm mask and the fear beneath

By Ariela Karmel

Amid an unprecedented threat, residents cling to familiar routines — but beneath the city’s famously composed exterior, fatigue and doubt in leadership are harder to suppress

Aviv Atzili, a warrant officer in the reserves and member of Kibbutz Nir Oz’s civil defense squad, who was killed battling Hamas-led terrorists in the Gaza border community on October 7, 2023.(Screenshot/YouTube)

Body of Aviv Atzili, killed on Oct. 7, recovered from Gaza last week, IDF says

By Emanuel Fabian and Lazar Berman

Atzili’s body was abducted into Gaza by Islamic Jihad after he was killed battling Hamas; Kibbutz Nir Oz calls the slain artist one of ‘the great pillars of the community’

Palestinians carry bags containing food and humanitarian aid packages delivered by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, in Rafah, southern Gaza, June 9, 2025. (AP/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Netanyahu admits Gaza Humanitarian Foundation was Israeli initiative

By Lazar Berman, Stav Levaton and Emanuel Fabian

Speaking to Fox News, PM says aid group was devised with the help of ‘American firms’ to distance Hamas from control over aid deliveries

The Mackinac Bridge, as seen from the north in St. Ignace, Michigan. (Insert) Lawrence Rubin's funeral in Petoskey, Michigan, held May 28, 2025, 15 years after his death. (Andrew Lapin/JTA)

'We knew he had a place, but he was not there'

15 years after his death, a Jewish bridge builder is buried in Michigan

By Andrew Lapin

Lawrence Rubin, who led construction of America’s 3rd-longest suspension bridge and had a well-attended 2010 funeral, was only recently found in a small-town funeral home

More Headlines

European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen gives a press conference in Brussels on June 10, 2025. (Nicolas TUCAT / AFP)

EU chief blames Iran for conflict, but says she told Netanyahu diplomacy ‘best solution’

By AFP and ToI Staff

A police officer is pictured in front of the Jewish Museum Berlin building in Berlin, Germany on February 8, 2024. (Stefanie Loos/AFP)

Germany bulks up security around Israeli, Jewish sites for fear of Iranian attacks

By Nava Freiberg and Agencies

The Knesset plenum, November 14, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

As war with Iran heats up, Knesset scales back activities

A brick thrown through the window of the Butcherie in Brookline, Massachusetts, June 15, 2025. (Brookline Police Department handout)

Brick reading ‘Free Palestine’ thrown through window of Boston-area kosher eatery

By PHILISSA CRAMER

This photo made available by the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office shows Vance Luther Boelter, the man accused of assassinating the top Democrat in the Minnesota House, as he was arrested, June 15, 2025. (Ramsey County Sheriff's Office via AP)

US police arrest, charge suspect in fatal shooting of Minnesota lawmaker and husband

By Nathan Layne and Tom Polansek

From the Revolution Orchestra's 'Concerto for Gashash and Orchestra,' currently available online as concerts and other public gatherings are banned during the Iranian missile attacks in June 2025. (Credit: Moshe Zitat)

War drumsWith halls shuttered, orchestras offer online concerts for distraction

By Jessica Steinberg

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